Presentation: "Getting Technical Assistance"Video only includes the presenation on Technical Assistance: Luke Wolfgang of the EPA talks about how to get help with any aspect of the Challenge. In essence, if you get stuck, this is a good place to start. Luke discusses who to turn to for help, EPA available resources and takes a look at the Food Recovery Challenge on EPA's ReTrac Wastewise site.
Conference method: Adobe Connect meeting with video. Available for playback at the link below...https://epa.connectsolutions.com/p3wde70kr2e/

Presentation: Finding Your BaselineMost of the Meeting was recorded, including the monthly check-ins from participating schools. A key first step in starting the Challenge is establishing a baseline. Those with questions about how to do that will want to see the EPA Presentation on "Finding Your Baseline" which begins approximately 10:27 into the recording.Conference method: Adobe Connect meeting with video. Available for playback at the link below...https://epa.connectsolutions.com/p421kc0tn3g/

Presentation: First Joiners
Presentation: A Glimpse at the FRC software. 4 schools in the Challenge
The initial call/webinar for the PA Higher Education Food Recovery Challenge. A good mix of interested schools and schools already committed to the Challenge were in attendance. We had speakers from "first joiners" Mercyhurst and Messiah. We heard a bit of background on the Challenge and Luke Wolfgang of the EPA spoke a little bit about using the software to report.

The audio from the webinar was recorded and is available by following the steps below.Audio: Listen to the recorded PHE-FRC conference from your phone
Dial: (559) 546-1299
Access code: 587053858Playback controls:
1 --rewind 30 seconds
2 --fast forward 30 seconds
5 --Pause/ Resume

Participation is also free to all schools that have a food service contract with PHE-FRC sponsor Sodexo (and any future sponsors.)

Any other Pennsylvania higher education institutions are encouraged to join PERC and participate in this statewide challenge.

If you don't know whether your school is a dues-paying PERC Member School, look on the participating institutions page to see if it is listed as a Member School or a Member Campus. For more specific questions, including alternate ways to participate, please contact us.